Wolves return from break with 115-104 victory at New York

NEW YORK - For the first time in the last four seasons, the Timberwolves had to play a game without Karl-Anthony Towns on the floor.

But the scheduling gods had sympathy on the Wolves, as they gave them the Knicks, the Eastern Conference doormat that doesn’t have much interest in winning games this season.

With Towns in the NBA’s concussion protocol after he was involved in a car accident Thursday, the Wolves defeated the Knicks 115-104 at Madison Square Garden.

Towns cheered his teammates on from the bench as the Wolves veterans made sure they staved off the embarrassment of losing to the Knicks. A few of them even posted season highs, like Taj Gibson, who had 19, and Anthony Tolliver, who…